Prooedema inscisalis Walker
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Pyraustinae
- Tribe: Pyraustini
- Genus: Prooedema
- Distribution: Sri Lanka, India (Sikkim), Burma, Thailand, Sabah, Brunei, Sarawak, Philippines, Indonesia (Kalimantan Berat, Sulawesi Irian Jaya), PNG, Australia, Solomon Is., China (Hong Kong).
- Habitat: Lowland to montane forest & occasional in cultivated areas <1800m.
- Wing Length: 15mm
Taxonomy
The holotype of Botys inscisalis Walker, 1865 [1866] from India (Darjeeling).
Description
The FW is mainly dark purplish with a metallic sheen and fulvous sub-costa, apex and termen. HW is a pearly pale purple. The head and body are a similar purple colour.
Life History
This sp. was a common pyralid pollinator on the flowers of Neonauclea pallida (Rubiaceae) noted by Weber (2000a,b).
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References
- [RTS] Robinson, G. S., Tuck, K. R. & Shaffer, M. (1994) A Field Guide to the Smaller Moths of South-East Asia, Malaysian Nature Society Kuala Lumpur & Natural History Museum, London, 311 pp. 51 text figs, 32 pls.
- Mally, R., & Hayden, J., Neinhuis, C., Jordal, B., J. & Nuss, M.. (2019). The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77. 141-204.